Trine Villemann's Blog
May 30, 2015
My Queen has come home
Last summer I fell for the temptation to try and let an American publisher market my book.
I paid more than 300 dollars for the experience.
It was a waste of good money.
I recently received my royalty statement from the publisher. It came to 33 dollars and a few cents.
Now, the rights to my royal novel QUEEN OF DECEPTION has come back to me.
Hooray!
I paid more than 300 dollars for the experience.
It was a waste of good money.
I recently received my royalty statement from the publisher. It came to 33 dollars and a few cents.
Now, the rights to my royal novel QUEEN OF DECEPTION has come back to me.
Hooray!
November 21, 2013
FANtastic 5 star review of QUEEN OF DECEPTION
I just had this fantastic review on amazon.com:
An Unsparing Dissection of Modern Monarchy
Queen of Deception is an entertaining portrait of the hedonistic, irresponsible, callous, drug addicted, self-indulgent members of a fictional royal family.
What is striking in a book that is unsparing in its dissection of modern monarchy is the degree of sympathy which the author displays for the central characters, the Queen and the Crown Prince. Villemann is properly sensitive to the psychological damage that royalty inflicts on those who have the misfortune to be born into it.
She explores in detail the character flaws that arise from parental indifference, loveless marriage, and relentless deference and privilege in a world of flunkies, bodyguards and media, but at the same time she grants the Queen and her son a certain indulgence. As she writes characteristically of the Crown Prince, “He was a moron, but even fools like him sometimes needed a little compassion.”
An established journalist and royal watcher, Villemann paints compelling word pictures, noting, for example, when a character tries “to let the words come out like a mild, gentle breeze,” but instead produces the sound of “a pair of scissors dropped into a rubbish grinder.” Elsewhere, the Crown Prince is described as “hiding in his own impermeable mental capsule, scraping butter off a cucumber sandwich with a faraway look in his eyes.” As previous reviewers have noted, Queen of Deception is an easy read.
If there’s a moral to the story it probably goes beyond the pros and cons of constitutional monarchy. Villemann’s tale suggests that people who are not wrapped up in their own prerogatives and their own importance are generally happier than people who are. And that, no doubt, applies to commoners as much as to royalty.
Queen of Deception
An Unsparing Dissection of Modern Monarchy
Queen of Deception is an entertaining portrait of the hedonistic, irresponsible, callous, drug addicted, self-indulgent members of a fictional royal family.
What is striking in a book that is unsparing in its dissection of modern monarchy is the degree of sympathy which the author displays for the central characters, the Queen and the Crown Prince. Villemann is properly sensitive to the psychological damage that royalty inflicts on those who have the misfortune to be born into it.
She explores in detail the character flaws that arise from parental indifference, loveless marriage, and relentless deference and privilege in a world of flunkies, bodyguards and media, but at the same time she grants the Queen and her son a certain indulgence. As she writes characteristically of the Crown Prince, “He was a moron, but even fools like him sometimes needed a little compassion.”
An established journalist and royal watcher, Villemann paints compelling word pictures, noting, for example, when a character tries “to let the words come out like a mild, gentle breeze,” but instead produces the sound of “a pair of scissors dropped into a rubbish grinder.” Elsewhere, the Crown Prince is described as “hiding in his own impermeable mental capsule, scraping butter off a cucumber sandwich with a faraway look in his eyes.” As previous reviewers have noted, Queen of Deception is an easy read.
If there’s a moral to the story it probably goes beyond the pros and cons of constitutional monarchy. Villemann’s tale suggests that people who are not wrapped up in their own prerogatives and their own importance are generally happier than people who are. And that, no doubt, applies to commoners as much as to royalty.
Queen of Deception
November 2, 2013
2 new 5 star reviews on amazon for QUEEN OF DECEPTION
What a start to the weekend. Woke up and found two new 5 star reviews of my brand new novel QUEEN OF DECEPTION.
KS writes:
"A great book which holds and horrifies you from the first to the last. The author has great knowledge and insight into what royal families are really like. It is fascinating and shocking to picture a Queen with a violent and deviant consort and terrible son. The portrait of royal lackey Weasel Ears is great and totally believable. If you thought the British Royal family has its scandals and public dusgrace, you ain't read nothing yet. Get it, read it! You won't be able to put it down and will have an emotional roller-coaster of a read."
And JacquiSta says:
"This is a very gripping book and once picked up it is hard for the reader to put down and let go. The story is well written and is both fascinating and shocking - giving the reader an insight into the lives of an older and younger generation of Royals. I loved every bit of it and I look forward to reading even more from Trine Villemann. Highly recommended."
Is is so wonderful to have your hard work received so well. I am truly grateful. Keep reading, everyone!
KS writes:
"A great book which holds and horrifies you from the first to the last. The author has great knowledge and insight into what royal families are really like. It is fascinating and shocking to picture a Queen with a violent and deviant consort and terrible son. The portrait of royal lackey Weasel Ears is great and totally believable. If you thought the British Royal family has its scandals and public dusgrace, you ain't read nothing yet. Get it, read it! You won't be able to put it down and will have an emotional roller-coaster of a read."
And JacquiSta says:
"This is a very gripping book and once picked up it is hard for the reader to put down and let go. The story is well written and is both fascinating and shocking - giving the reader an insight into the lives of an older and younger generation of Royals. I loved every bit of it and I look forward to reading even more from Trine Villemann. Highly recommended."
Is is so wonderful to have your hard work received so well. I am truly grateful. Keep reading, everyone!
October 30, 2013
Queen of Deception - 5 stars again
My new novel "Queen of Deception" is being very well received by readers. It just scored another 5 star review on amazon.com
I am truly grateful.
Keep reading, everybody!
I am truly grateful.
Keep reading, everybody!
